Jesus Would Be Fired

A famous philosopher by the name of Gandhi accurately pin-pointed the tragic state of the Christian community today by saying…

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.

They are so unlike your Christ."

Many Christians will get mad if you tell them this. Their projection of righteousness to the world only blinds themselves. The judgment they cast upon the poor and the ugly, who are more accurately described as human, only pushes away the very people they claim to serve.

I have Christian friends who won't drink around people to protect their influence as a minister. I still have a hard time understanding this idea because our leader, The Christ, offered wine as a symbol of His blood. He ordered us to take it in remembrance of him and even promised that he would drink wine with us when we're with Him in our Father's Kingdom (Matthew 26:29 NKJV). Why in the world would we say that an example given by God himself is not valid or not permitted in the world of ministry?

Some of my most meaningful moments in ministry have been over a cocktail in a bar or with a glass of wine at someone's house.

Please don't see this as my blurring of the lines of drunkenness. Like food, too much consumption of alcohol is clearly painted as sin in the bible. But if drinking were a thing that God didn't see fit for his children, why then was Jesus' first miracle an act more similar to a beer run than anything else. Wine ran out at a wedding party in Cana and Jesus, according to the bible, made wine that was much better than what they started with. This is said to be the "beginning of the signs" of Christ.

What is God's law when it's watered down to be culturally accepted? Why is it that we attempt to justify our own self-righteous motives by using out of context verses to control people?

Subjects like drinking and smoking are often preached against in the church, but I've yet to find any verses against those actions in themselves. On the other hand the subjects of gluttony, hypocrisy, or greed (to name a few) are not often discussed, due to cultural influence and some inaccurate theological trends.

Jesus was often looked down upon by people that tried to be more righteous than He. I wish we could follow the example of the love shown by Jesus, instead of seeking secular approval and hypocritically claiming truths that are not valid.

I hate to say Gandhi was right.

In today's church, Jesus would be fired for the same reasons he was killed.